The Dance

William Bouguereau, 1856, Musée d’Orsay

‘The Dance’ is a work by William Bouguereau (France, 1825–1905). It is dated 1856. It is part of the collection Musée d’Orsay. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.

It was commissioned by Anatole Bartholoni. It is made of oil paint, canvas, and wax paint. It measures 366 × 181 cm. The work belongs to the genre allegory. The things depicted include cloud, dance, woman, and day.

The catalogue has 249 more works by William Bouguereau.

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